Where does “pikkumungo” come from?

pikkumungo (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.

pikkumungo (Finnish): small Indian mongoose, Herpestes javanicus

Definitions

  1. small Indian mongoose, Herpestes javanicus

Ancestry of “pikkumungo”, step by step

pikkumungo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine

via Finnish mungo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmungomongoose
2GermanMungoEither of two species of mongoose in the genus Urva
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →